Thread: Chip in toe Help

Check out Glens videos on bread knifing. They are well worth watching. If you are feeling that you are not up for the task today then set it aside for another day or send it to someone to adjust that toe.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

As said, you can round the tip or narrow the blade, neither attractive option. The third solution and one I would do is, make it smile.

Draw several tracing of the blade on a piece of poster board, experiment with curve shapes, removing the chip and curving to the middle with a marking pen. I would begin by tracing the spine and matching the curve of the spine to the edge. Cut out the shape of the spine and trace onto the blade tracing.

Experiment with design, on the tracing until you get a shape you are happy with, then cut the shape out with a scissor and trace onto the blade, colored ink is easier to see. I would remove as little steel as possible, you will not have to remove much to get a nice smile.

Flip the blade edge up and file to shape with a diamond plate or diamond file, do not use a Dremel or belt sander, the metal is thin and will go quickly, take your time.

You will end up with a great looking blade and super shaver.

the bevel will end up very uneven doing this unless the blade face is reground. the bevel at the toe end being widest being that the chip brings the newly proposed cutting edge up the blade face where the metal is thicker, requiring more honing and removal of metal on the face in those areas to bring everything in plane. all in all, not a good idea to go this route if you care for preserving the look and aesthetics of this blade. if your an experienced honer it wont take that long to accomplish after shaping to a smile, it will just look a little off and more obvious that there was damage at the toe that needed to be accounted for or will look like the thing was terribly unevenly ground from the factory. rounding the toe off minimally is safest and if you don't like the look/feel/ability to trim tight then its easy to shorten the thing by 1/16-1/8" without changing the overall look of that blade. that said, it would look pleasing with a smile to match the spine interested to see the outcome

Don't see it beeing an issue. Its extra hollow ground. Lots of blade face to chip ratio

You could also shorten it :<0) Everything would be the same except for what 1/8" ? I like square points also.

Got a shorty. I want to keep the end of the spine. I like the angled grind

Originally Posted by outback

Don't see it beeing an issue. Its extra hollow ground. Lots of blade face to chip ratio

bellied grind? cant tell from the pics. sounds like your mind is made up on going for the smile. i look forward to seeing the results

Didn't pay attention to that end. You could put it back but what a PITA it would be. I don't know how long it is but I wouldn't call it a shorty with only that much taken off :<0)

I believe your right. That was my initial plans. I might start my packwood full wedge smiley to get the feel first
Its the one on the right

Originally Posted by Euclid440

As said, you can round the tip or narrow the blade, neither attractive option. The third solution and one I would do is, make it smile.

Draw several tracing of the blade on a piece of poster board, experiment with curve shapes, removing the chip and curving to the middle with a marking pen. I would begin by tracing the spine and matching the curve of the spine to the edge. Cut out the shape of the spine and trace onto the blade tracing.

Experiment with design, on the tracing until you get a shape you are happy with, then cut the shape out with a scissor and trace onto the blade, colored ink is easier to see. I would remove as little steel as possible, you will not have to remove much to get a nice smile.

Flip the blade edge up and file to shape with a diamond plate or diamond file, do not use a Dremel or belt sander, the metal is thin and will go quickly, take your time.

You will end up with a great looking blade and super shaver.

+1. Judging from the curved spine it was a smiler once upon a time .